UPDATE: The books have been recovered.   The following books were stolen during transport in England on July 22, 2011. 1. Ceruti, Benedetto & Chiocco, Andrea; CalceolarI ivn. Veronensis a Benedicto Cervto medico incaeptvm; et ab Andrea Chiocco med. physico excelltiss, collegii luculenter descriptum. Verona Angelus Tamus, 1622. Folio, pp. 46, 748, engraved title page, folded plate of the museum's enterior (a 19th century reproduction of original), 43 engraved plates in the text (8 of which are full page). In 19th century calf and marbled boards, gilt spine panels and titles. 2. Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthelemy; Oeuvres de Bernard Palissy, revues sue les Exemplaires de la Bibliotheque du Roi aves des Notes. Paris, Chez Ruault, 1777. Quarto, pp. lxxvi, 734, errata. In recased contemporary calf, gilt spine label. corners and boards rubbed and worn, inner hinges re-enforced, light foxing to some text margins, rubber stamp on title page and verso of title page and last text page edge. 3. Agricola, Georgius; De Ortu & Causis Subterraneorum, lib. V. De Natura Eorum quae Effluunt ex terra lib. IIII. De Natura Fossilium lib. X. De Ueteribus & nouis Metallis lib. II. Bermannus, siue De re Metallica Dialogus. Interpretatio Germanica uocum rei Metallicae, addito Indice Foecundissimo. Basileae Per Hieronymum Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium, 1546. Folio, pp. 487 with, blank at page 82 followed by half title, another half title at 165, blank at 415, followed by half title, p... [more UPDATED: Books Stolen During Transport in England]

The following item was stolen after being recently acquired at auction: . Ingleby's Whole Art of Legerdemain, containing all the Tricks and Deceptions, (Never before published) as Performed by the Emperor of Conjurors, at the Minor Theatre, With Copious Explanations. Hand-colored frontispiece with robed wizard seated in library showing an open book. xxiv, 98 pages. 12mo, modern blue 3/4 morocco, with original black-lettered wrappers bound in. London: T. Hughes and C. Chaple, (1815). Overall good condition. MCL 543. **Prominently displayed within is a sticker reading "Milbourne Christopher Collection" or "Christopher Collection." If you have any information regarding this item, please contact ABAA Headquarters at hq@abaa.org or 212.944.8291 [more Stolen: Ingleby's Whole Art of Legerdemain]

This item was still reported missing as of May 30, 2019. The following item was reported missing during transport: Eleonora Maria Rosalia, Herzogin zu Troppau und Jagerndorff. FREYWILLIG-AUFFGESPRUNGENER GRANAT-APFFEL, Des Christlichen Samaritans... Wienn in Oesterreich: druckts und verlegts Anna Francisca Voigtin. (Vienna): 1708. Fuller title: FREYWILLIG-AUFFGESPRUNGENER GRANAT-APFFEL, Des Christlichen Samaritans, Oder: Auss Christlicher Lieb dess Nachsten eroffnete Behaimbnuss Viler vortrefflichen, sonders, bewahrten Mitteln und Wunder-heylsamen Artzneyen... Auffs neue vermehrt, (sambt einer kleinen Diaeta, wie sich bey jeder Kranckheit in Essen und Trincken zuverhalten ; wie auch beygefugten neuen Koch Buch, in welchen allerhand rare und denen Patienten zu verschidenen Kranckheiten erspriessliche Speisen) nun zum sechstenmahl in offentlichen Druck verfertiget... Two volumes in one. , 499; , 120, . First title leaf stained; some additional staining elsewhere. One signature bound upside down. 4to. 200 mm. Early nineteenth century leather backed marbled boards binding; worn. On the endpapers is a 1820's four page manuscript family record of John Friedrich Furst. Text mostly in German gothic letter. First published in 1697, Duchess Eleonora Maria Rosalia (1647-1704) created this remarkable collection of recipes, advice, and formulas for: cooking; food; drink; medicine; veterinary; household and farm science; etc. Weiss 2300; Ferguson. Bibliotheca Chemica,; I, pp. 235-236 (1697... [more German Book by Duchess Eleonora Maria Rosalia Gone Missing During Transport]

UPDATE: The book has been recovered. The following item has gone missing during shipping between NYC and Toronto: GALILEI, Galileo. Dialogo di Galileo Galilei… sopra i due massimi Sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Florence: Batista Landini, 1632. Octavo, late 18th-century full vellum, burgundy morocco spine label. Identifying characteristics: Bauman Rare Books inventory #82805 Frontispiece in the fourth state (of four), as usual, with artist’s signature present. With pasted cancel slip correcting the shoulder note on page 92 and manuscript addition of letter H to diagram on page 192, both as usual. With errata leaf Ff6; without final blank leaf only (Kk4), often not present. Quires Bb3 and Bb4 misnumbered as Bb2 and Bb3, respectively. Paper repair to verso of dedication page; dedication and “Al discreto lettore” leaves remargined at top. Marginal paper repairs to leaves I6, O6, O7, Ee3, Ff6. Morocco spine label partially perished with some loss to lettering; only light soiling to vellum. Please contact Erik DuRon at Bauman Rare Books 212-751-0011 with any information [more UPDATED: Galileo Book Gone Missing During Transport]

Gordon, Grant.  Story of the Ship.  McLoughlin Brothers Inc: 1919.  First edition.  In very good condition. If you have any information regarding this book, please contact ABAA Headquarters at 212-944-8291 or hq@abaa.org. [more Stolen: Story of the Ship]

Watts-Dunton, Theodore. Christmas at the Mermaid, Flowers of Parnassus - XI.  London & New York: John Lane, 1902.  Leather bound.  The book is inscribed to Thomas Hardy (from the author). If you have any information regarding this item, please contact ABAA Headquarters at 212-944-8291 or hq@abaa.org. [more Stolen: Inscribed Copy of "Christmas at the Mermaid"]

UPDATE: These items have been recovered. Over the weekend of July 24/25 the following items were stolen from the premises of R.A. Gekoski Booksellers, 13 Bathurst Mews, London W2 2SB. Anyone with information about any of the items, which may be offered for sale by the thieves, may contact us on 0207-706-2735, or by email at rick@gekoski.com. The individual items are listed below: AMIS, KINGSLEY. Typed letter signed, Lemmons , 1974. One side of a single page of headed notepaper, small quarto; 'Dear Mr. Austin', 'Yours sincerely', and signed 'Kingsley Amis'. A brief note, responding to a request to speak at a conference. Amis queries the breakdown of speaking and question time at the upcoming event, requests transport, and thanks Mr Austin - an editor at Cape- for what, presumably, were laudatory remarks made earlier in the correspondence: 'It is very kind of you to say that you have enjoyed my work. Believe me, such tributes come all too rarely and are warmly appreciated.' AMIS, KINGSLEY. Typed letter signed, 1 page, Barnet, 1 May, 1974. To a Miss Johnsen, confirming that a poem she inquires about "must be by my friend Philip Larkin" and has the holograph emendation: " ... at least I intended to , but can't find the book concerned. Its title is `The Less Deceived.'" Folded twice - in excellent condition. AMIS, KINGSLEY. Typed letter signed, to Miss Gale, Prince Albert Road , 1987. One side of a single page, small quarto, of headed notepaper (marked 'file' in pen), 'Dear Miss G... [more UPDATED: Theft From R.A. Gekoski Booksellers]

Open Letter to Dealers in the Collectibles Trades: Earlier this month convicted fraudster and thief John Charles Gilkey of California was arrested for a parole violation stemming from a series of incidents in San Francisco late last year. Now that he has been re-apprehended, he will be brought up again on charges either later this month or next in San Francisco. A career criminal, Mr. Gilkey has a long record of defrauding rare book and autograph dealers and dealers in other collectibles, with the use of stolen credit card numbers or with bad checks. His first arrest goes back more than a decade to the 1990s when he was brought up on charges for passing bad checks. He was arrested and jailed for credit card fraud in 2003, then released on parole less than two years later. In autumn 2010 he was arrested again after threatening to burn down a San Francisco print gallery after the manager declined a sale. Mr. Gilkey posted a bail bond for $75,000.00 and subsequently disappeared. There is ample evidence that between last November and his arrest earlier this month, John Charles Gilkey continued to defraud a number of dealers in collectibles, including a Maryland comic book dealer. San Francisco Police have asked members of the collectibles trades to please forward to them any new information concerning fraudulent activity by Mr. Gilkey. His new bail and eventual sentencing largely will be influenced by the number of new crimes that can proved he has committed since he skipped bail... [more An Open Letter to Dealers in the Collectibles Trades: Seeking Additional Information on John Gilkey]

The following items were stolen in Manhattan.  If you have any information pertaining to these items, please contact ABAA Headquarters at 212-944-8291 or hq@abaa.org. Coronation Program for Alexander III of Russia.  Large, elephant folio in black morocco, elaborate Victorian pressing with white silk endpapers.  Belonged to Grand Duchess Olga (sister of Nicholas II).  Believed to be the only copy in circulation. Engravings of St Petersburg in honor of Alexander I.  Large, elephant folio bound in paper.  Mint condition.  A gift from several noble families to Alexander I; dedication to Alexander I included as well as a list of private subscribers in the back. [more Two Rare Historical Items Stolen in Manhattan]

UPDATE: These items were recovered. The following books were stolen in West Springfield, MA. If you have any information regarding any of these titles, please contact Leslie Arthur at 203.789.8081 or leslie_arthur@reeseco.com. 1. AUTHOR: Aiken, Conrad: TITLE: PRIAPUS AND THE POOL AND OTHER POEMS. PLACE: New York: PUBLISHER: Boni & Liveright, DATE: 1925. DESCRIPTION: Cloth, paper spine label. First edition. Inscribed and signed by the author in 1934. Fine in faintly edgeworn dust jacket with a trace of sunning. 2. AUTHOR Lowell, Robert: TITLE: LAND OF UNLIKENESS. PLACE: Cummington]: PUBLISHER: The Cummington Press, DATE: 1944. DESCRIPTION: Pale blue printed boards, lettered in red. Woodcut by Gustav Wolf. Extremities of boards and spine sunned and occasionally rubbed, early ink name on endsheet, along with a clipped press photo of Lowell, four line gloss (in ink) in upper margin of opening page of "Cistercians in Germany," else a good, sound copy. ABSTRCT: First edition of the author's first book, with an introduction by Allen Tate. One of 224 copies, in addition to 26 numbered, signed copies. A key book of 20th century American poetry. 3. AUTHOR: Shapiro, Karl: TITLE: POEMS. PLACE: Baltimore: PUBLISHER: Published by the Author], DATE: 1935. DESCRIPTION: Plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Endsheets tanned at gutters, head and toe of spine a bit rubbed, a few marks to cloth, about very good. ABSTRCT: First edition of the poet's first book, issued in an edition of only two hund... [more UPDATED: Several Books Stolen in West Springfield, MA Area]